Staple-pulling implement



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Patented Nov. 20, 1923. Y

UNITED STATES PATENT ',RoY LWADLEIGH, or LUVRNEQIOWA.

OFFICE.

s'rAPLE-PULLING IMPLEMENT.

appueation med Aprilia, 1922. serial No. 551,907. f l

Be it known that I, ROY L. WADILEIGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Luverne, in the county of Kossuth and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Staple-Pulling Implements, of which the following is a specification. Y

The present invention relates to a device for pulling out staples from posts and boards, and itsV main object is'to provide an implement of this class which is com-1 paratively light and easy to handle, while the work for which it is intended is performed rapidly without bending or injuring the staples in any manner.

The implement can be handled equally well by right handed and left handed persons and will pull stap-les from the top 0r bottom of a post without requiring any resetting or adjustment.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and

Figure 1 is a top. plan view of the 1mplement in operation,

Figure 2 is a side elevation looking in the direction of arrow X of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a transverse section along line 3-3 of Figure 2.

The staple puller consists of a handle 10 which is preferably made of wood and of any suitable length. The forward end of the handle is higher and tapered to a blunt point or heel 11 which stands above the bottom of the implement, as ordinarily held (see Figure 2.)

Along the bottom 9 of thev handle is rigidly secured by means of bolts 12, a steel or iron head 18 which for this purpose is provided with a thin shank 14. From the corner 15 of the handle, where thevtaper commences, the head runs outward (see Figure 1) to form a goose-neck 16, which in-V creases gradually in thickness, so asv to provide a broad base 17 at the right Vside of the head. Y This provides a uniforml thickness along the fiat surface 18 and from the line 19 in Figure 1 the head tapers down forming a bill 21 with a sharp point 20. As best seenin Figure 1, a deep incision or recess is provided between the bill and the gooseneck, at 22, the bill having a straight rear portion 23 along its inner side. The outer face 24 of the bill and of the head is curved providing a rolling surface and it will'- readily be seen that a good purchasev in.

' this manner, furnished for pulling a staple 25, when lthe point 2O of the bill isinserted in the exposed opening of thezstaple l25.y

The use ofthe Vimp-lement is as follows: Supposing a staple 25 Vwith its loop opening to the side, is situated Vanywhere up to.

about four feet from the ground in anvupright post 26,-the bill point 20 is then inserted intothe loop from one side as seen inFigures 1 and 2, with the blunt point or heel 11 uppermost. A blow with a hammer is then Vapplied on the base 17 which, in this'case,

four feet above the ground, the implement is then inserted with theA bill point in the loop of the staple25, but with the implement held upside down, that is, inV reversedv position to that seen in Figure 2, namely,

with the bill point`20 to the rightV and :the

base 17 tothe left of the operator. By again delivering a blow with a hammer against the base V'17 the billy point 20v is driven further into the opening of the staple 25,there by loosening it and by finally pulling downward on the end of lthe handle, the staple' 25 will bedetached from the post. K

At times it might not be possible to swing the handle in a vertical plane with afstaple situated as shown in Figure 2, and when there 1s only room for a sldewlse motlon of the handle. In such a case, the bill point 24 is inserted in a staple as before, but `instead of tilting the head aroundV the point 411, a transverse motion of the handle is performed, so that the eonvexsurface 24 atV the l Y forward end of the head 13 contacts with the board or post in which the staple is situated, until the'latterisagain detached' from the wood. Y

It will be evident that the operation of'v this staple puller is extremely simple and no great exertion is required ofthe operator ,110

to lift the implement or to detach the Staples from Ythe wood. As the head andtheV handle are rigidly connected by means of boltsv to forma unit, no adjustment is required in the use thereof.

The handle of this implement is preferably made of hard Wood andthe head is.

madey of a good grade "of vsteel,` the bill point thereof being tempered. Y K K i F rom practical experience it has been proved that the operator is able to pullout sta-ples much quicker than any man can drive then@ in, even if they are seated firmly in theY material. y Y Y The implement may, of course. be used for pulling` staples. situated in any other position thanv that rdescribed as, for instance With the Shanks of the staples situatedin a horizontal desired to pull staples out of boardsI in the floor or ceiling of a building, in Which case the implement Would be held in perpendicular position,

Having thus described the invention, what is, claimed Vlas new is A staple puller having a handle, a head rigidly andl permanently secured on thehandle and provided With abill, said bill having a straight inner edge and anouter edge tapering from thepoint/of the bill and in the length direction thereof terminating in a broad square base at the opposite side of the head7 a goose-neck connecting said head fivithlsaidhandle; the forward end of the handle terminating in a heel spaced transversely to the plane of said bill and providing a 'fulcrum for the same when the handle is rocked transversely to the said plane.

In testimony 'whereof affix my signature.

ROY L. VVADLEIGH. [n s.] 

